Services

Life Through the Lens.

The Family Story.Storytelling is what connects us to our humanity. Stories bring together families, communities and make history. The connect the past and present to the future. We learn about ourselves, our values and morals through stories. Through stories we heal, we release, we learn, we empathize, we grow and we connect. My love of editorial and documentary photography brings something a little different to Family Portraiture.

I love helping my clients unfold their stories and capture the essence of who they are. I believe it is important to show not only the family together in a portrait smiling but more importantly to capture the story of the individuals and as well as the family culture. I love to bring emotion into my photographs, express character, show the spaces where families grow and live together along with the details that celebrate your story as a family. It is my goal to create images that show more then your existence. I want to help you show that you lived passionately, and loved madly. That is what family is. I love to photograph the depth of all that encompass’ the life of family, for this is where the memories will live deeply in your mind and heart as well as in your child’s.

The power of observation to record authentic moments is true to my heart. Noticing the beauty in EVERY interaction and how beautiful life is even in the midst of a storm is all part of our unfolding story.

We understand the power that photographs of our family and of special occasions have on positive brain development. You can use joyful imagery to shift negative brain patterns and to increase your serotonin! That is why each session comes with products that you and your family can access easily and frame immediately. This is a foundational belief in why we do what we do.

With our older generations passing away, we are at a stage where we are loosing deep connection to historical and family story. It is more important to bring back the art of storytelling today more then ever. Photographing story is a powerful way to share, create and remember life. There is a clear connection between human memory and the photographs we take. Photographs serve as memory storage and, when viewed, can activate memory recall. Vision is the strongest and most influential in memory formation. When we look at photographs we rebuild our neuron patterns in our brains. When viewing memories of joy and peace, our brains rebuild those positive neuron patterns and release our feel good hormones. So, the power of our visual stories can deepen and enrich our lives more then we realize and the lives of our children in profound ways.

Family Story PackagesThe Family Bond – $500
This is your standard family photo shoot package. A beautiful keep sake that showcases your
family through group images, individual images and details.
– 1.5 hours of shooting session within city limits
– 15 Edited Images in photoshop, HIGH resolution printable images

The Family Story – $750
This package can be shared between two families or utilized to document two special
occasions in your family or combined for longer documentary shoot of your family. A great
package for ‘Bump to Baby.’ (This package is only good for one year.)
– Two 1.5 hours sessions within city limits or combined to one 3 – 4 hour session
– 30 Edited Images photoshopped, HIGH resolution printable images

The Unfolding Family $1300 (Best Value)
This package is great for documenting your new born baby and the milestones that occur
within the first year of baby’s life or it is great for sharing with your siblings or friends. This
package can be combined in a variety of ways and is open to customization to suit your needs.
(This package is only good for one year.)
– Four 1.5 hour shooting session within city limits
– 15 Edited Images in photoshop from each session
– 12 High Resolution digital Files delivered via download

Travel Session Package – $795
This session is for people travelling outside of Calgary who would love to have a part of their
trip documented. Since Calgary is so close to the mountains we have a ton of beautiful places
to vacation. I’ll spend 2 hours with you in which ever part of the Rockies or surrounding area of
Calgary (up 300 Km total travel distance) and capture you exploring what Alberta has to offer.
I’m more than happy to do holiday sessions outside of Calgary as well. Get in touch for a travel
+ accomodation custom quote.

Digital File Packages
Additional digital files can be purchased if you would like more images of your memories.Classic – $165
-10 High Resolution Digital Files delivered via download

Additional
* All edited images will be photoshopped and colour corrected
* All images remain copyright of Tammy Hanratty and you have unlimited usage to print and
share the digital files as you wish.
* Wall Art and Keepsake items are available and additional. Please ask for more information.

Photography Workshop‘I’ll Show You My World’
I have been partnering up with elementary classes and facilitating a mental health and literacy
workshop through photography. I am always amazed at the results of this program. Children
have deep intuitive release through the program, joy and profound results. It was developed
with a mental health advisor and an emotional intelligence coach. Emotional Intelligence
provides children and adults with tools to help train their brain in a new way that allows for and
expansion of joy. The program is void of right and wrong, creates freedom for expression and
is an exploratory process. The workshop builds a community that supports mental health,
builds amazing confidence and self esteem in the children and creates an outlet for children to
express and be heard.

Workshop details coming soon.

I would love to work with you on implementing this into your school or classroom. Please
email me for more details anytime.